Our team NimbRo Explorer solved through the mobile
manipulation
robot Momaro all tasks at the DLR SpaceBot Camp: taking a soil sample,
finding and grasping two objects, transporting them to a basis object,
assembly (placing the soil sample at a scale and inserting a battery
pack) and operating a switch.

12.11.2015

Today is a testing day. Our team has two scheduled test slots.

11.11.2015

Our team NimbRo Explorer participates with the mobile
manipulation robot Momaro at the DLR
SpaceBot Camp 2015
in Hürth.Ten teams from leading German robotics labs will demonstrate
semi-autonomous mobile manipulation in a moon-like environment. Based
on a coarse map, the robot must explore the arena, find two objects,
take a soil sample, transport the objects to a base and assemble them
there. Communication to the operator crew is possible only sometimes
and has 4 seconds latency.

30.10.2015

A team from DLR made a teaser video.

10.9.2015

Our team NimbRo Explorer qualified as first of the ten
qualification event participants for the DLR SpaceBot Cup. Through the
mobile manipulation robot Momaro, our operators solved all three
qualification tasks in the first attempt. The DLR SpaceBot
Cup qualification event took place in Bonn.

3.7.2015

Representatives of DLR and the network provider
visited our lab. The DLR communication network was tested sucessfully.
The Momaro robot was demonstrated.

6.6.2015

Our new mobile manipulation robot Momaro was tested at the DARPA
Robotics Challenge in Pomona, CA. Our team NimbRo Rescue was ranked as
the best European team, comming in 4th in the overall ranking. Though
the Momaro robot, the operators solved seven of the eight possible
tasks in only 34 minutes: driving a car, climbing out of the car,
opening a door, turning a valve, cutting a hole in a wall, traversing
debris, and a surprise task, which was operating an electrical switch. More
information.

In
the afternoon, all teams had the opportunity to simultanously operate
their robots in the arena.
Our Explorer robot demonstrated autonomous grasping and storage of the
battery pack and autonomous removal of the battery pack from its
holder. It also removed the cup from the holder and placed it on the
scale. The jury decided to award no trophies to any of the teams. No
competition scores have been communicated to the teams so far.

11.11.2013

Our Explorer robot had its run in the unknown arena
today. It created a 3D map of the terrain and navigated to one of the
objects that where placed in the arena. It grasped this water-filled
cup autonomously and placed it in the holding mechanism without
spilling any water. After the official run ended, the robot navitated
to the other side of the arena and climbed a hill.

10.11.2013

We tested in a small area outside the arena. We also
tested the ground station and the network provided by DLR.

9.11.2013

First evening in the SuperCross hall, Rheinbreitbach.
The arena contains a variety of surfaces and obstacles.